Collar-button.



J A. HIGGS. COLLAR BUTTON. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 27, 19l8.

Patented Sept. 17, 1918.

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' Be it known that I,fJoHN ALonN H1ess,'a

.oitiien of the United States, residing at Box.- -bury, in the county of.Sufi'olk and State of "Massachusetts, have. invented cert-an new and useful 1m rovei'nents'in'Collar-Buttons,

of which the ollowing isia specification.

This invent-ion relates to an improved collari button and the rin'cipal .o'bJect of the invention; is to p rovi e a collar button which can be formed ofsheet metal and which will be so constructed that it will .not" slip loose from the collarband or collarI Another object of "the. invention is to so construct this collar but-ton that itmay con 'formto the'contour of the neck thus 'permittin'gjthe button to be held securely in lace withou t inconvenience to the wearer. Anotherv object of theinventionjs to so construct this "button that it ,will not bind .the't ie and to further so construct the button 'thatit may be easily putin place.

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- Anotherobject of the invention is toprovidea sheet metal collar button which will be of simple construction and easy to form.

This invention is-illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a new-showmgtheimproved collar button in front elevation,

Fig. 2 is anview-sh'owing the collar button 'Fi 3; 1s a plan view of-the blankl froin I which the butto'n. is formed,

. Fig. 4'. is a longitudinal sectional vijew taken along the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig-5 is .a'view in section showing the' 'tongue of-the blank bent to extend from the "extend upwardly, and

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig 5 showing the tongue provided with a second bend to Fig, 7 1s a view similar to Fig.6 showing the tongue bent downwardly. p 1

This improved collar button Wlll be formed from a sheet metal blank shown in Fig. 3 and indicated in general by the numeral 10, the blank being] struck from sheet metal and being prefera y formed of pliaable sheet metal so that when in use, this button may conform to the contour of the neck. This blank is provided with a widebase portion 11 from which extends the tongue 12 positioned between the side wings 13 and the inner end extend throng Specification 'or Lctte rl latexit. Patented Sept. 17,1918. Application. mam-m 191's. Serial no.

zapia flaring toward its outer end as shown 'in Figs. 1 and 3. This tongue 12 is bent at r ght angles to extendoutwardly from the ,base -11 and is then bent upwardly and doubled back upon itself to extend downwardly as shown in Figs. 6 and 7 after which the inner and. outer folds will be pinched together as shown'in Fig. 2 and provide a head It at the outerv end of a neck 15. The head extendsfabove and below the neck andtapers toward it'supper end as shown in Fig. 1 so that when in place, and passed through a colvlar button-hole, the collar cannot, easily slip off of the button.

lV'hen this button. isin use, it will be put-in place with "the head and neck extending through the button-hole of theneck-band of aflshirt and the collar will'then be con-'- nected .wi'tlithe buttonby passing the head" of theibutton'through the button hole thus placing'the collar .up'on the-neck 15 -The ba se ll will bend when the collar band is fastened and will thus conform tothe contour of the neck preventing the collar" buttondigging "into the neck. As the neck. 15 and portion of the tongue 12- will 1 be created a binding action between. the collar band and the side extensions 13' ofthe collar button thus tending to prevent sligin of the'button. 'The col-lar will not iab e to $111): from the button, 'as' the head extends above and below the button hole and thus tends to securely hold the collar in the button-hole, there will place. This boiler b'utton will further have a "end, said tongue being bent adjacent its inner end to extend, outwardly at substantially right angles to the base to )ro'videan outwardly extendin neck and eing then bent upon the neck-tie due to the fact a to extend .upwar I and doubledback u on a itself to provide ahead at the outer en a of the neck extending above and'below the neck,

2. k eollnr button having a base provided with 1! side tongue extending from one side of the base at :1 point intermediate its length. the tongue increasing in width tn \vnrd its outer end and being bent adjacent its inner end to extend outwardly and pro vide a neck, the tongue being then bent upwardly and bent back upon itself to provide :1 head at the outer end of the neck extending nlim'e nnd helnu' the neek and iiil'l't'il 1O ing in width tnu'nrd its Iuu'er end, 

